Bed-corner fastener



Dec. 28 1926.

W. J. DUVALL BED CORNER FASTENER Filed August 1924 Patented Dec. 28, 1926.

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WILLIAM J". DUVALL, OF LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSTEGNQH TO SMITH z DAVIS MFG. (30.,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSDURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

BED-CORNER FASTENER.

Application filed August 1, 1924. Serial No. 729,525.

My invention has relation to improvements in bed corner fasteners and consists in the novel features of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the present invention is to provide a corner fastener made of standard angle irons consisting of two complementary angle brackets, one of which is carried by the bed post and the other by the bed side rail. A further object is to construct these cooperating brackets so that they may be firmly wedged together without the aid of bolts or other fastening devices. It

is also the object of my invention to provide corner fasteners that will securely fasten the head and foot frames to the bed side rails in such a manner that these frames will incline slightly outwardly at the top when no weight is on the bed so that they will assume a perpendicular position when the bed sustains its normal load. Further and other advantages will be better apparent from a detailed description of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bed end frame with my improved corners thereon, the side rails being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a top plan of my improved corner, the bed post being shown in cross-section; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional detail of the corner taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is an outside elevation of the corner fastener; Fig. 5

' is a cross-sectional detail taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the respective brackets that comprise the fastener shown about to be assembled.

Referring to the drawings, l3 represents an end frame, each of the posts 1, 1 of which have an outer bracket 2 secured to it by screws 3, 3, said bracket 2 comprising one member of the corner fastener. Bracket 2 is in the shape of an angle, the terminal leg at of which is curved to fit the surface of post 1 and has a boss a stamped out from it the face 1 of said boss being inclined with respect to the balance of the leg a so that the boss will act as a wedge in a manner pres ently to appear. A rivet 5, having a head 6, projects outwardly from the face of leg a a short distance upwardly from its lower end.- Lateral leg 6 of angle bracket 2 has its upper edge cut away to provide an outwardly inclined edge 7 leading to an inwardly inclined slot 8, a downward continuation of edge 7 forming the inner edge of slot 8,

said slot being bounded on the outside by an upwardly projecting shoulder 9.

An end rail 10 is secured to the bottom of opposite brackets 2, 2 by the same screws 3 that fasten the lower part of the brackets to posts 1, 1.

The bed is provided with angle side rails 11, 11 each of which has secured to its vertical leg 0 an angle bracket 12 which is compl'ementary to the bracket 2, i. e., it is adapted to rest in the bracket 2 (see Figs. 2 and 5). The lateral leg d of bracket 12 is riveted to leg 0 of side rail 11, one of the rivets 13 projecting beyond the leg cl of the bracket and terminating in a head 14, and terminal leg 6 of bracket 12 has a notch 15 formed in both its upper and lower edges.

In assembling the brackets 2 and 12 to form the bed corner, the bracket 12, with the side rail 11 attached, is brought into engagement with corner bracket 2 so that the rivet 13 will ride on the inclined edge 7. The bracket is then lowered to allow said rivet 13 to enter slot 8, and also the rivet 5 of bracket 2 to enter lower notch 15 of bracket 12. Now, it will be observed that the slot 8 is inclined slightly more than the face of boss 4 hence the bracket 12 will be wedged between shoulder 9 and said .boss, the rivet 13 riding against the shoulder and the back of leg 6 against the boss.

Furthermore by virtue of the inclined boss 1, the end frames of the bed will be slightly inclined outwardly at the top (the amount of inclination being exaggerated in Fig. 3) so that as the side rails 11, 11 bend under the weight imposed on them the end frames will become erect. As the beds are now made the end frames are erect when first assembled with the result that after weight is imposed on the bed, they incline inwardly at the top and present an unsightly appearance.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A bed corner fastener comprising two angle brackets adapted to nest one within the other, the lateral leg of the outer bracket having a slot inclined toward the end leg thereof, a pin projecting from the lateral leg of the inner bracket and adapted to enter 5 said slot whereby the end leg of the inner bracket is wedged against the end leg of the outer bracket, and means near the lower end of the end leg of the outer bracket for engaging the lower end of the inner bracket when the brackets are thus wedged against each other. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WILLIAM J. DUVALL. 

